keitha
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Post by keitha on Jan 18, 2022 10:55:12 GMT
Nope because getting a repeat prescription is not something you use 111 for
For less urgent health needs, check ups, prescriptions and general medical advice you can contact your GP, walk-in centre or local pharmacist.
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Post by adrianc on Jan 18, 2022 11:00:30 GMT
Nope because getting a repeat prescription is not something you use 111 for For less urgent health needs, check ups, prescriptions and general medical advice you can contact your GP, walk-in centre or local pharmacist.But you don't want a repeat prescription. You want an appointment with the GP to discuss the ongoing condition. The result of that appointment might or might not be a repeat prescription.
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Post by keitha on Jan 18, 2022 11:07:55 GMT
the condition hasn't changed, I would love to discuss with the doctor but accept with the ongoing issues that may not be possible. I have another condition that I am self managing with assistance with help from my pharmacist but if it gets worse then I will need to see GP for him to arrange treatment.
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Post by adrianc on Jan 18, 2022 12:20:46 GMT
You seem to be putting a lot of effort into not making a phone call to 111...
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Post by corto on Jan 18, 2022 12:25:41 GMT
Yea, some GP practices don’t let you book online. A lot of people don’t mind waiting a few weeks to see their GP but do mind wasting loads of time trying to book an appointment. An that is exactly my issue. I call by phone to make an appointment, any time in the next few weeks but nope, cant book, you must call at 8am everyday to get a slot!! Surely booking would be more efficient for non urgent cases? I just dont get the logic these surgery managers use. The 19 studies that reported a rate of missed appointments showed that between 3.3% and 48.1% of appointments were missed, with a mean of 15.2%.
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Post by corto on Jan 18, 2022 12:30:25 GMT
I had an Aunt in the US, who developed cancer, despite having medicare or whatever the cover eventually ran out,in the end the only way she could get any treatment was to agree to be a guinea pig for new treatments. That is not the way I want the UK to go Then don't vote for people that want to privatise the NHS (or piecemeal parts) and make it pay-as-you-go.
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Post by Steerpike on Jan 18, 2022 12:42:04 GMT
An that is exactly my issue. I call by phone to make an appointment, any time in the next few weeks but nope, cant book, you must call at 8am everyday to get a slot!! Surely booking would be more efficient for non urgent cases? I just dont get the logic these surgery managers use. The 19 studies that reported a rate of missed appointments showed that between 3.3% and 48.1% of appointments were missed, with a mean of 15.2%. After decades of NHS GP and hospital appointments, despite arriving early or occasionally on time, I have never once been seen at the appointed time and have always had to wait, sometimes for an extended period. With so many missed appointments, it seems that I must have been very unlucky not to have been seen early or at least on time. I have had better experience with dental surgeries.
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Post by corto on Jan 18, 2022 12:57:10 GMT
The 19 studies that reported a rate of missed appointments showed that between 3.3% and 48.1% of appointments were missed, with a mean of 15.2%. After decades of NHS GP and hospital appointments, despite arriving early or occasionally on time, I have never once been seen at the appointed time and have always had to wait, sometimes for an extended period. With so many missed appointments, it seems that I must have been very unlucky not to have been seen early or at least on time. I have had better experience with dental surgeries. I can't remember a single "missed" appointment in the NHS that was scheduled and waiting times were and are usually acceptable, less than 30 minutes usually and often quite on time. Dental is private for me. Impossible to get an NHS appointment on the NHS this year in this town; neither desired as what they cover is quite restricted. I hear that's the normal case.
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Post by stevepn on Jan 18, 2022 13:10:16 GMT
I had an Aunt in the US, who developed cancer, despite having medicare or whatever the cover eventually ran out,in the end the only way she could get any treatment was to agree to be a guinea pig for new treatments. That is not the way I want the UK to go This is quite common in the UK when people are dying of cancer, being offered the latest "miracle" drug and put into a private room. A couple of days later the patient is back on the ward.
I don't see a problem with it if there is no other hope and you are at deaths door and also remember that the covid vaccines are not approved and people having the vax are themselves guinea pigs.
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Post by Greenwood2 on Jan 18, 2022 13:10:25 GMT
An that is exactly my issue. I call by phone to make an appointment, any time in the next few weeks but nope, cant book, you must call at 8am everyday to get a slot!! Surely booking would be more efficient for non urgent cases? I just dont get the logic these surgery managers use. I've phoned today to get an appointment as I have a note saying need to be seen before a repeat of medication can be issued.eventually get through and receptionist ( who has an attitude ) asks me what I want, so I explain I will run out of tablets on Tuesday next week and she said "It's not urgent yet then, ring back Friday or Monday, as we are only doing urgent appointments" The system has to be broken, they won't deal with an issue that is non urgent, so then it becomes urgent ... one issue for me is patients refusing to leave hospital when fit to be discharged, there was a case where I used to live of a patient who the NHS literally had to get an eviction order to make him leave. As I remember he had issues, and his refusal to leave was encouraged by his parents , who were not prepared to accept the level of help being offered, but wanted the local Authority to build an extension on their house, so the son could live separately with full time carers, The Local Authority wanted him to be cared for in a specialist unit but the parents were saying 5 miles was too far away. At the moment over 10,000 NHS beds are occupied by people fit to be discharged, of course some of those can't go into Nursing homes etc as they are short staffed as they had to dismiss staff who wouldn't be vaccinated, and we can't get the foreign carers. Staff shortages cause by Covid must also play a part Coincidentally I got a message from my GP surgery to say I needed a medication review before they would issue any more prescriptions, but they also scheduled a phone call to discuss it which happened yesterday. It was scheduled for 'morning' so of course they didn't ring till about 12:00 but at least it happened and all got sorted.
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Post by michaelc on Jan 18, 2022 13:32:06 GMT
I had an Aunt in the US, who developed cancer, despite having medicare or whatever the cover eventually ran out,in the end the only way she could get any treatment was to agree to be a guinea pig for new treatments. That is not the way I want the UK to go Then don't vote for people that want to privatise the NHS (or piecemeal parts) and make it pay-as-you-go. But as Adrian said most GPs area _already_ private. We get the worst of all worlds since the GPs essentially have a captive market. I previously said that middle earners and above in the US have access to some of the best healthcare in the world - much better than ours. I also said for the poorer folks there they have very little and what I didn't say but make clear now is for that reason its not an ideal system. Nor is the NHS. I wonder what the French, the Germans, the Swiss do?
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Post by keitha on Jan 18, 2022 14:00:39 GMT
Actually a payment for somethings would not worry me. For me a £5 fee to see my GP would be acceptable.
here in Wales despite GPs being told otherwise they still prescribe paracetamol, Ibuprofen etc average cost to the NHS is £3 a packet, you can get them over the counter for a fraction of that. I know people who get them on script regularly.
just looking at the list of stuff that shouldn't be on prescription
Glucosamine and Chondroitin - Because of what we heard, the joint clinical working group did not feel it necessary to amend the proposed recommendations for glucosamine and chondroitin.
actually made me laugh for obvious reasons
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Post by keitha on Jan 18, 2022 14:14:29 GMT
After decades of NHS GP and hospital appointments, despite arriving early or occasionally on time, I have never once been seen at the appointed time and have always had to wait, sometimes for an extended period. With so many missed appointments, it seems that I must have been very unlucky not to have been seen early or at least on time. I have had better experience with dental surgeries. I can't remember a single "missed" appointment in the NHS that was scheduled and waiting times were and are usually acceptable, less than 30 minutes usually and often quite on time. Dental is private for me. Impossible to get an NHS appointment on the NHS this year in this town; neither desired as what they cover is quite restricted. I hear that's the normal case. Last time I was booked to see my GP back in 2019 I had a 9:15 appointment and was eventually seen after 10:30 Dentistry is expensive even on NHS I still pay £43 for a checkup and then a "scale and polish", but at the moment my 3 monthly checkups are at least 6 months apart. But I too am always seen with 10 minutes of the appointment and sometimes even early.
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Post by keitha on Jan 18, 2022 14:18:46 GMT
You seem to be putting a lot of effort into not making a phone call to 111... So I rang. 25 minute wait the advice "ring your GP and arrange to see them..." as I had anticipated
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Post by Greenwood2 on Jan 18, 2022 14:21:19 GMT
Then don't vote for people that want to privatise the NHS (or piecemeal parts) and make it pay-as-you-go. But as Adrian said most GPs area _already_ private. We get the worst of all worlds since the GPs essentially have a captive market. I previously said that middle earners and above in the US have access to some of the best healthcare in the world - much better than ours. I also said for the poorer folks there they have very little and what I didn't say but make clear now is for that reason its not an ideal system. Nor is the NHS. I wonder what the French, the Germans, the Swiss do? There seem to be a lot of problems with the US healthcare system too: www.medifind.com/news/post/problems-us-healthcare-systemwww.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-our-healthcare-system-broken-202107132542
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